In Love All Over Again (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

[video camera whirring]
["An Empty Page"
by Automatics playing in background]
Mm, mwah!
- [Da laughing] I'm filming, okay?
- Okay, okay.
It's all right.
The thing I liked the most about her
was the way she looked at me,
and that someone with her talent saw that
that I was talented too.
And that's what got me hooked.
- So?
- A genius.
[Julio] All right. I'm a little wasted.
I can't get the lines right, but
- [Da] No, it was awesome.
- Really?
You don't seem too sure.
How should I do it?
Ramp it up? Tone it down?
I mean, I'm not an actor.
I don't know how it works.
It would be better to take off your shirt
and undo a couple of buttons
on your pants.
Oh, so you want to objectify me?
No, no, no, no, no.
I want you to get the part.
Believe me.
The director's going to love it.
[Julio chuckles]
Uh.
Oh.
Look at that.
[Julio] Go on.
The thing I liked the most about her
was the way she looked at me,
and that someone with her talent saw that.
WHEN WE ME
A SCRIPT BY: IRENE LAMALA
IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN
You know, you know, you know
I'll be inside ♪
CHAPTER 3
TALEN
- [server] There you go.
- Thanks.
- Oh.
- Whoa. What's with the shades?
Photophobia.
- What?
- No, not really. Hangover.
Never mix Malibu Pineapple,
whiskey, and beer.
Who the hell has Malibu Pineapple
these days, anyway?
- But still, the main thing is Irene.
- What?
Who found the lead for your short
in the best audition ever?
- Who?
- Julio.
- Your Julio, dude. You were right.
- Yeah.
He's fantastic.
- The Argentinian?
- Yes. The Argentinian.
- No.
- What's wrong?
No Julio. That's a bad idea.
[Da sighs]
So, you'll pay the balance?
So what changed?
He was star, the best MacGuffin,
with that mysterious je ne sais quoi look.
- Now you don't want him?
- Sh.
I'm saying you were right.
He aced the audition.
All right, Da,
but this project is really important to me
and I don't want to mix business with
the other stuff, and
and I think things already got messy.
- You're impossible to figure out.
- What are you
[Adri] Tastes better this way.
Hey.
We have to go see
the narrative guy in his office.
I sent him the script
and the shooting schedule.
- Let's see what he says. Off your asses.
- [Irene] Now?
- [Jimena] Yes, now.
- Oh, okay.
SMILE!
HAPPY BOSS
WHEN WE ME
SCRIPT BY: IRENE LAMALA
I'm glad you decided to
come back to this short, Irene,
because it was just too fresh
for you to talk about it back then.
So it looks like you need to shoot
inside the faculty for a few days?
Mm.
[professor] A prop room What a hassle.
But it is possible?
So you have everything else?
You know what you're getting into, right?
Because I remember the hassle
when I used to make shorts.
I mean, there's the technical team,
the artistic team, mics, cameras.
It's a ton of work, and shorts go nowhere.
So you'll feel majorly frustrated.
You know what you're getting into?
[Jimena] We need you to agree
to let us use these locations.
And I'm sure that,
as students of this department,
a school dedicated to exactly this,
well, there won't be a problem, right?
Because it would be really bad
for the university
to discourage us from the hassle.
[chuckles] You clearly have your producer
right there.
Me?
No, I mean, it's just we haven't
allocated people's roles yet.
[professor] Really?
I thought you said
you had it worked out?
Wow, what a hassle.
Are you the producer or not?
Yes. Yes. Yes. She's the producer.
And Adri's the director of photography,
and I'm the director.
And Da he's worked on the script with me,
so he's script,
and he's doing casting too.
I mean, we have it all worked out,
and our roles are clearly defined.
Plus, I like the fact that
most of you are women.
Like the Zapatero government.
Very progressive of you.
Wake up. What the hell.
[Adri] So do we have permission to shoot?
Do you know Rosana Librero,
the El País journalist?
Come on, tell me you know her.
Tell me you still read newspapers.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, kind of.
She's a very good friend of mine, okay?
And she knows that two of my students
were on the trains involved in the attack.
Sorry, uh, what does this
have to do with the short? I don't follow.
Well, you guys want to shoot a short,
and my good friend wants an interview.
- Do we have a deal, or what?
- Yes, of course.
Good.
- [knocking on door]
- [Da] Irene, please come out.
- Matt's pissing his pants.
- I have to pee.
No. It, it's just That's not the reason
I want to be in the paper.
I want to be in it for the short,
for my movies, my work. You know.
[Jimena] Irene!
[bangs door] Come out right now.
To get a short and movies and work,
first we have to shoot!
- And this is how we get there.
- So what if we change the location?
That way we wouldn't have
to do the interview, right?
[Da] How many people read the papers?
I mean, you never know
what might come out of it, right?
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
[Irene] Sure,
because Spielberg's gonna read it
and give me a call.
"Irene, I'd love to work with you."
Seriously?
[Jimena] Only a handful of people
will read the article,
and in the end, we'll get what we want.
[Da] I put my neck on the line,
you can too.
[Jimena] How is your neck on the line?
Plus, I'm about to start my period,
and I feel like shit.
That's right. That's right.
Because I got mine yesterday,
so now it's your turn.
- Right.
- [Da] So what do we do, girls?
[Jimena sighs] Ooh.
You really don't mind being interviewed
as a victim of the attack?
[Da] Well, no,
I do mind. You have
no idea what I'm risking.
But the main thing is that
Julio's dealing with this crap
on his own, and we have to go.
- Here, sugar.
- [Da] Take the pill.
- Go on.
- [toilet flushes]
- [woman] Wow. Incredible.
- [drink pours]
What a story.
Tell me it has a happy ending.
Readers need something light and upbeat
after all that horror and grief.
Finally.
- Hello.
- [Julio] Hey.
Hello.
- [woman] Hi.
- Sorry. How are you?
[Da] Give me a sec.
- [Irene] Hello.
- Irene, Da, train survivors.
Rosana.
Pleasure. Sorry. We got a little held up.
Julio's been telling me
your amazing story.
- Yes.
- I'm impressed.
You are?
You met that night.
At the premiere of Romano's latest movie.
- You connected and bonded over movies.
- [Julio] Mm-hmm.
[Rosana] You ended up at
the director's house.
Someone threw up
Uh, that was me.
- Da.
- Da threw up. All right.
You caught the train back to Madrid.
Everything was going great.
And just as you were about to kiss,
the bomb went off.
[Irene] No, but
"About to kiss"?
[Rosana] It was total chaos, confusion.
They couldn't find you.
In the end,
they found you in the hospital.
You were there.
You and your boyfriend. Incredible.
Then you went to Castellón to recover,
and he, well, you say it.
You put it so beautifully.
No, no, no. That's okay.
[Rosana] What do you mean, no?
He told me that
during those days Madrid was in mourning
and everything was sad,
he was almost grateful you had a boyfriend
and went back to Soria.
- Castellón.
- Whatever. One of those dull provinces.
He was grateful because
if you hadn't had a boyfriend
and you'd stayed with him,
he wouldn't have been able
to hide his happiness.
He would have felt,
and this is so beautifully said,
"like a soldier who falls in love
in the middle of a war
and has to pretend he isn't happy
because everyone's
living through a nightmare,
but he's actually ecstatic." Manolo!
What a champ.
["Une Première Fois" by JB Hanak,
Cédrik Hanak, and Zoé Wolf playing]
[camera clicks]
[Rosana] Da!
- Do you mind?
- [Da] What?
Mm.
Ah. Better still.
I didn't want to be in it.
Uh, could we, uh, do it, uh,
without me being in the picture?
A bit closer together.
And relax.
You're a little stiff.
[camera clicking]
[Rosana] Yes!
Sorry for blabbing
everything to the journalist.
It's just I wasn't thinking.
Why didn't you say anything before?
There wasn't time.
- Do you still have a boyfriend?
- [Irene] No.
I don't know
No.
So what are we going to do about this?
[song continues, increases in volume]
- [Julio] Yeah.
- [Irene breathes heavily]
- Oh my fucking God.
- What?
- You're so hot.
- Am I?
[both chuckling]
[heavy breathing]
[Irene] I just can't
[chuckles] I can't believe it.
I'll shut up. I'm gonna shut up
because I'll ruin the moment.
- Nothing can ruin this moment.
- No, no.
Don't say that.
We're pros at wrecking things.
[both breathing heavily]
Or having life wreck it for us. [laughs]
[Julio] Okay,
we will fuck in silence.
- No, don't say "fuck."
- No?
No.
Okay.
[both moaning]
This doesn't
- This doesn't mean anything, right?
- What's that?
I just got out of a relationship,
and I don't want to get into another one,
you know?
Plus, if you're in the short
- I don't know.
- Did you watch the audition?
- No. No, not yet.
- Oh.
But if it works out, I don't know
- Best not mix things, right?
- No. No.
I mean, we shouldn't get involved,
at least not until we finish.
Otherwise I'm going to be
more focused on this and what it means
- Okay.
- than on the short, you know?
All right, so I might
just back out of the short. [laughs]
[laughs] You wouldn't dare.
No?
- I don't see why not.
- No.
When we're together like this,
don't you feel like nothing can go wrong?
["Falling Away" by Mark Revell playing]
[both moaning]
I've been waiting here forever ♪
[phone rings]
LIGHT AMONG THE HORROR
No.
EL PAÍS
A RAY OF LIGHT AMIDST TRAGEDY
That kid
That's the kid whose leg I signed.
Listen up, team. I need to talk to
Rosana from El País. Right now.
Let's get on it.
[song cuts off]
Mm
[poignant music plays]
[Julio groans]
- Uh Hello.
- Hi.
[Irene] Uh The bathroom?
Hello!
- Hello.
- How are you? Have you seen this? Look.
Look how great you two look.
Like movie stars. Right?
- Movie stars!
- But it's just
Would you like a coffee?
No, no, no, no.
No.
[Da] We're on the front page,
and they put me in the picture.
I look dumb, don't I?
So, are you happy about this or not?
- I can't tell from your tone.
- [Da] No, I mean
I mean, sure. Because I think it's awesome
to be in a picture in El País,
but look. Now my parents will find out.
- You know?
- Find out what?
Did you come out of the closet
in the interview?
My parents've known I'm gay
since I dressed up as
The Little Mermaid in preschool.
What then?
Well, they don't know
I was on the train that got bombed.
Excuse me?
How do they not know
you were on the train?
Hey!
Look at her. She's gone all out.
Who are you? I don't recognize you.
- Is everything set for the meeting?
- [Jimena] Hold on, hold on. Hold on.
Are you saying
you never told your parents what happened?
What? They don't know?
Guess they'll find out now,
along with the rest of the country.
They must be freaking out.
Sure. Hands on their heads wondering
why I didn't tell them.
Because seeing how we don't talk,
they'll blame themselves, make a drama
Or no, maybe they'll think I made it up
to get some attention
like they usually do.
And that's that.
Hmm, right. I'm gonna need you to clear up
a few things about what's going on.
Yeah? Between you and your parents.
My parents paid for
my studies under one condition.
That I go far away.
I mean, enough said already, right?
So now we'll see whether
they react to this or
not.
Do you want a reaction?
Where's Irene?
He does.
She's not here!
She's not here, the floozy!
She's not
- Here she is.
- Hey.
- You see this?
- Yes.
Why? Where's Jimena?
- That way.
- Right.
It's just Hey, how come
we're on the front page? It's just
- You said this would be easy, discreet
- [Jimena] Leave me alone.
- But here we are on the front page.
- Where've you been, slut?
- Why do you care so much?
- I care a lot.
What Julio said here softened your heart
and turned you on. Am I right?
- Right?
- Did you fuck him?
Great.
Now the entire shoot is messed up.
Excellent.
Mm, right. Can we focus on the article?
[Da] She fucked him!
Listen to this. "He cried out for the girl
he'd fallen in love with
three hours earlier."
[Irene] No.
Brought together by fate,
had they now been separated by a bomb?
Uh, hello? Where did this hack
get her degree in journalism?
Probably from our university.
Look at that face.
You haven't got laid like that in years,
Irene Cabezudo.
All right, tell us everything!
- Uh
- See? I was right, see? I'm always right!
Incredible. It was incredible.
It was out of this world. I mean
Let me remind you that you were so horny
when you got back, huh? Right?
[Jimena] Can't believe you finally did it.
[Da] Irene. Irene. Your parents.
Hello.
That paper is going up on the wall.
We're gonna frame it.
Oh, no. When she wins a Goya,
not for this.
Well, you look gorgeous in the picture.
And the story
the story's beautiful.
And you and this guy make a lovely couple.
Why didn't you tell us?
No, there's there's nothing to tell.
- We've
- All right. Sh. Sweetheart, how are you?
How how's your eye?
Is it still hurting you?
Are you going for your checkups?
Yeah. I'm going I'm going to all of them.
It's good. Hardly hurts now.
Hi, Fer! How are you?
[Fer] Good. Can I come in?
- [Ramón] Yes, of course. Come in.
- Is that Fer?
Is Fer there? Fer's there. Fer's there.
Hide the paper!
Don't let him see the paper!
- [whispers] The paper! Hide it!
- [pool splashes]
Oh, relax, relax. I've already seen it.
She looks really good.
- I mean, and the other guy looks good too.
- [Ramón] Who? Da?
Gorgeous.
- Delightful, hmm? When they came
- No, the other guy
Come on, the other guy.
But you don't Other guy?
Who? He's no one. He's
Who is he? That was
that was a fleeting love.
Born from born out of [grunts]
the explosion. That's all.
Please. Tell him to stop.
[Irene] Mom!
Uh, yes, love, yes.
So look, I'll call you tonight.
- Sending love to everyone.
- No.
[dial tone drones]
How are you?
Mm, not easy to be cheated on
while the whole of Spain watches.
And there on the front page, right?
I mean
Come on now, buddy.
I mean, dude,
what are we talking about "cheated on"?
That's a really outdated idea.
Plus, for you young people,
it's not the same anymore, right?
- No, and the two of them didn't even kiss.
- No.
How does that count as cheating?
Right, well, they didn't kiss there.
Later though, after I
It's a shame.
I'm really sorry to lose her,
to be honest.
[clears throat] I mean, I'm really sorry
to lose you guys too.
- Come on, you'll still be our son-in-law.
- [Ramón] Hmm.
[poignant music plays]
And you can come round any time.
Right. So I can still come
around while the other guy's here?
Would you like a coffee?
- [Ramón] Have you had breakfast?
- Mm.
- Come on,
- Come.
Have some of the ham and cheese sandwiches
Trini made. It's just delicious.
[Jimena sighs]
So, I've been going through the script
to figure out our immediate priorities.
[Irene] Fer was with them.
- Poor guy.
- [Jimena sighs]
What's he going to think about all this?
Should I call him?
No. Don't think he'll pick up anyway.
And you've already moved on.
Can you call him?
- Da, will you call him?
- No, not me.
- Let me use your cell.
- [Jimena] Irene
That would be really weird.
And he'll know it was you.
Leave me out of this.
[Adri] Can we start the meeting and stop
pretending you're an advice column?
[Jimena] Yes, please.
Okay. While we're waiting for confirmation
of the shoot dates with the uni,
we need to discuss the budget.
We need money for props,
makeup, costumes, and everything.
- Should we set up a kitty?
- Sure. That's fine by me.
- [Jimena] Irene, what about you?
- Yes.
Yeah. I'm sure my parents will give me
some money, so that's something.
- All done. Thanks.
- [Jimena] Don't thank me.
That cost you 15 cents.
Are we having this meeting,
or should I go home?
Who are our actors?
Well, Julio's our male lead.
- And we'll find a female lead.
- Hmm.
And now it's Julio. You're a mystery,
and I think you should sort yourself
Fine. We're professionals.
Let's watch his audition tape
and decide, okay?
- Mm.
- [Da] Irene, come.
- [Irene] Come on. Move over.
- [Da] Get under the blanket.
[Irene] No, no, I'm too hot.
- [Julio on tape] It's all right.
- [Da] I'm filming.
[Julio] The thing I liked the most
about her was the way she looked at me
[Julio] Da, did you make him strip?
The sequence called for it.
[Julio] and that someone with her talent
saw that that I was talented too.
[phone chiming and vibrating]
Julio, your phone!
Julio!
It's been ringing for an hour.
Look. Look. Front page. Look at that.
Look, look, look. This is a big deal.
Hey!
- Jesus.
- [Julio] Yes?
- [man] Uh, Julio Mera?
- Yes, speaking.
This is Óscar Romano.
The director?
Yes, the very one.
You have no idea what it took
to get hold of you.
I had to promise Rosana at El País
a case of fine whiskey
for her to give me your number.
I saw the interview, and I thought,
"This kid. This kid.
He looks familiar. Of course."
"I signed his leg." How are you?
What are you doing on Friday?
Going to class, I guess.
Well, I'd like you come to
my production company for an audition.
Your production company?
[Romano] Yes.
All right. All right. Yes.
Right. I'll send you the details, okay?
Bye.
[Romano] Ciao.
What?
- Óscar Romano.
- No.
He saw me in the paper and remembered
that I'd been at his place.
- Óscar Romano, the director?
- Yes. [laughs]
- And?
- He wants me to audition for a part.
- I don't believe it.
- [Julio laughs]
You've gotta be one of the luckiest
bastards on earth, you know that?
I am unbelievably proud of you,
my boy! Mwah!
[Irene] So, uh [chuckles]
I don't know. Well, it's just that uh.
He's It It's like
We can't cast him
in the film, right? He's
He's bad. He's bad. It's not, uh Right?
Or not? I mean, or not? Maybe it's me?
That I'm just really picky?
Yes, you're being very picky
because he's good enough to eat.
- Yes.
- Right?
Jimena?
- What?
- I mean
This is just his first audition, right?
What did you expect?
Is he Marlon Brando
in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Well, no. But, you know,
the kid has something.
I mean, you saw that thing, right?
There you have it.
Adri, what do you think?
Da, why did you say he was good? I mean,
what were you thinking? With your dick?
- I do see something in him.
- Oh yeah?
- I'm not crazy.
- Oh no? Like what?
- I see something. Hey, Jimena. Come on.
- A six-pack?
- Well
- [Da] I don't know.
[Jimena] I mean, the history of cinema
is full of actresses who weren't
that good but were hotties.
[Da] Exactly.
[Jimena] Why should we expect more
from actors?
I mean, that's pure patriarchy,
if you think about it.
[Da] How many actresses' careers
took off on less?
- [Jimena] Lots.
- [Da] Yes.
[Jimena] Loads.
- Are you going to eat this?
- Huh?
- [Adri] The croissant.
- [phone beeps]
- Ah.
- So, uh, how about a little privacy?
- It's Fer. So what what does he say?
- Okay.
Nothing. That he's fine.
- No, no, no. Answer with something like
- [Jimena] No.
No. You deal with your own shit, okay?
And leave him alone. Got it?
So, can you believe it?
I got an audition, huh?
- Imagine I become an actor.
- I know, right?
Did Irene watch the audition?
Irene, well Uh.
Why don't you ask her yourself?
You made such an impression on her
last night
that she's not fit for
shorts or auditions or anything.
It was amazing. It really was amazing.
And now this.
Maybe I really am a lucky-ass bastard.
- Mm-hmm. With a lovely ass to boot.
- How would you know that?
I've seen it.
I know what I'm talking about.
Are you going to get all jealous now, 24?
He has it on camera.
You can make of that what you will.
- Right.
- I'm going to tell my mom the news.
- All right, Juli.
- [Julio] Bye.
See ya.
[chuckles]
Right. Okay, then.
Don't worry about me, 'kay?
I bark a lot, but I don't bite.
Okay. [chuckles]
Hey, Gonza
Does that ass of yours also happen to be
as big and impressive as your dick?
[smirks]
Wow, you are a sick fuck, you know that?
[Da laughing]
[Da] So basically, he's
meeting Romano on Friday.
Has Romano really offered him a part?
So give him an audition
before the guy steals him.
Yeah, right, like I can compete with him.
[phone beeps]
If I ask him to audition for me again,
he'll realize.
He'll realize that he's not, uh
Come on, talk to him.
Tell him it's not for him.
That the thing you saw so clearly,
it's a little blurred now.
It's better to be honest with him.
But the thing is, I
still think he has something.
- I mean, I don't know what, but something.
- So help him.
Rehearse with him so that he's less green
when he sees Romano.
The more he rehearses with you,
the less likely
he'll look ridiculous, right?
[exhales]
[Jimena] Time for dinner.
- [Pablo] Oh, look.
- Hello.
[Pablo] So you're back, eh?
Yes.
- Come in. Come in.
- [Irene] Thanks. How are you?
[Pablo] Good. You?
This way. So is Julio expecting you,
or this is just a spontaneous visit?
I'm just asking because when
girls just show up, my son doesn't
Dad, what are you talking about?
That, uh do a lot
of girls turn up unannounced?
- Don't you have work to do?
- [Pablo] Yes.
- A lot.
- [Irene] Right.
But this is more fun.
I'm living vicariously through him,
you know? He never stops.
Never stops.
- [Irene] Aha.
- I'm going now.
I'm going.
Bye.
- Nice to see you. Bye.
- See you. [chuckles]
He's going. [laughs]
- Hi.
- [Irene] Hello.
Come on in.
Come. We were just rehearsing
for Romano's audition.
I have a feeling they're going
to offer me the part. Seriously.
- It's like I was born for this.
- Yeah? Ah.
You didn't actually
want to be an actor, right?
What do you mean?
You watched my audition and it's bad?
No! No! Not at all. No.
Of course not. I mean, it was great.
I mean, it was my first time,
and we were wasted.
- Mm.
- But you saw something in me.
And now Romano has too.
Um, yeah, right.
That's the best attitude to have.
It'll get you wherever you want to go.
And that's enough.
The audition, well,
it's just an audition. That's all.
You didn't like it?
- No. No.
- You didn't, but that's okay.
That's just your opinion.
I'm sure I'm going to blow Romano's mind.
[sucks in breath] Hmm.
Did you come here to change my mind?
No. I'm sorry.
It's just
I mean, I just don't want you to feel like
you have to do something because
I kept pushing
and was a real pain in the ass
about you being an actor and all that, so,
if you don't want to be an actor,
you don't have to be one.
All right. All right.
["Viaje a los Sueños Polares"
by Family playing]
Please. Go on.
- What?
- Tell me. What did you think of it?
[Irene] Put this in your mouth
and enunciate.
Say the words so I can
understand them, okay?
Go on. Start.
"I'm here because I deserve to be."
[Irene] Go on.
"I'm here because I deserve to be!"
Mm, you kind of need
to curl your lips more.
"I'm getting tired of your games."
Great! No, keep going. Keep going.
What are you doing? No!
Keep going. Get back up there.
Who the fuck do you think you are?
What gives you the right to do this?
Weren't you my girlfriend?
I have family looking for me.
Say something!
Okay? How was that?
Good, um
How about you try
bringing it down a notch?
Maybe I really am no good.
- [Julio sighs]
- You are good. You're doing great.
You sure?
I don't know. I felt like I had it,
and now I don't have it.
I don't know. Are you saying that
to make me feel better?
No. [chuckles]
Not at all. No. Listen
Do you know how I know?
Because I could never get involved
with someone I thought had no talent.
That's the truth.
I mean, I can think of nothing worse than
a director who gets involved with
a mediocre actor.
And look at me. I mean
[both chuckle]
In fact
[poignant music playing]
Okay?
- [Julio laughs]
- In fact, Julio
Do you want to play the lead
in my short film?
Seriously?
Of course I want to play
the lead in your short!
Plus, tomorrow I'm going
to ace the audition with Romano.
How did you say I should do it?
Down a notch?
Yes, bring it down a notch.
I'm going to write that down.
[somber music playing]
MAKE IT YOUR OWN
[sniffs]
[Pablo] Come.
Come on.
- Hello. How are you?
- Hi.
I'm here for the audition
with Óscar Romano.
Julio Mera.
- Julio.
- [Pablo] That's right.
Ju-li-o.
Mera.
Your name's not down. I don't see you.
- Who booked you in?
- The director called me.
He's the one from El País.
The bomb guy.
Oh, right.
That was a lovely story.
- So lovely.
- Although, your ear Poor thing.
He went through it. It was a tough time.
But, you know, he's made a full recovery.
Yeah.
- Here?
- [Romano] Uh-huh.
Have you ever auditioned before or
I caught you a little off guard,
but I have a hunch about you, okay, Julio?
All good. I'm good.
All right. Let's get started then.
Uh, just one thing.
Aren't you going to give me any direction?
Tell me about the character,
what he expects
I'll let Julio know later
or during the audition.
- Julio?
- I'd like to see what he has to offer.
Oh, perfect.
- [Romano] Great. All right.
- Perfect.
[Romano] So, go ahead.
Action!
Action, Julio.
I'm so sorry. I forgot my line.
What is it, Dad?
"I'm here because I deserve to be."
No one doubts that, Óscar.
With all due respect.
No, that's the first line, Pablo.
[taps page]
That's the first line. Sorry.
Sorry. Sorry to get that wrong.
Okay, let's do it.
Action!
- He says "action," Dad.
- He has to say it. Sorry.
You say it. Sorry.
Uh Go on.
I'm here because I deserve to be.
Well, things aren't always
as you think they should be, right?
How was that for motivation?
- I wanted to add some spark.
- I'm here to see Julio.
- Of course.
- [Romano] Okay?
[Pablo] Sure. Sure. Sorry. Sorry.
[Romano] Right then, from the top, please.
Arturo, keep filming.
I'm here because I deserve to be!
Sorry, that was way too much.
Can I do it again?
Jesus. Let's see.
Julio, an actor never stops
mid-take, okay?
Remember that.
Right, a piece of advice, hmm?
Take it down a notch
because if you start all the way up there,
you'll lose control. Hmm?
[murmurs]
Right. Okay, go, breathe, hmm?
[Julio takes deep breaths]
And
[pulse echoing]
Action.
[loud breathing]
[camera whirs loudly]
[sound echoing]
Julio Julio!
[gasping]
- [door opens]
- Bye!
Julio!
[door slams]
[sighs]
Hey, Irene. I'm stressed.
You heard anything about the audition?
Nothing. He's not picking up
or returning any of my calls.
Looks like your rom-com is over, babe.
And the drama begins.
[Irene] Hello.
I'm Irene.
Uh is Julio in?
Pablo!
- Pablo!
- [Pablo] Yes.
Is this her?
- Hello.
- [Irene] Hello.
So this girl is the reason I had to
drive over to the doctor's office
in rush-hour traffic to pick up
a strong dose of benzodiazepines
to calm my son's nerves?
- What happened?
- [woman] Listen, honey.
I don't think he wants to see you, okay?
He's in no state for a visitor,
understand?
[Pablo] Come on,
don't be so hard on the kid.
Months of therapy
flushed down the toilet, Pablo.
What's wrong. What happened?
Our son is always flushing
his therapy down the toilet.
Although he did seem
really excited this time.
Can I come in?
Of course.
- Thanks.
- [Pablo] You're welcome.
[knocking at door]
It's me. Hi.
Did my parents call you?
Yeah, right. No.
No, actually,
they didn't want to let me come in.
Uh, is it okay if I open the blind
or turn the light on? I can't see you.
[Julio] No. Don't.
Nothing worth seeing. I look terrible.
My eyes and cheeks swell up
when I take the pills, so no.
What happened?
What happened?
I was going to do a great job.
But your little voice got in my head,
saying, "I can't. I can't.
I'm going to mess up."
No. No. I think I think you're great.
[voice breaking] Look, I didn't care about
any of this a week ago.
And because I didn't care, it would've
worked, and I could've nailed it.
But I don't know what you did!
I don't know!
Well, I mean,
you can't just fall apart
because of one audition.
Look, I think you should leave.
I'm not in the mood.
I mean, mm
- Sorry if you felt pressured.
- [Julio] Pressured?
I felt used.
- What?
- Mom, can you tell her to leave now?
Okay, okay, I'm going.
- I'll call you tomorrow. Is that okay?
- [yelling] No! No! Don't!
Don't call me!
Look, I'll call you,
and we'll forget about all this, okay?
- I won't bring up the
- Do you know what the problem is?
You said you could never be with
someone who wasn't talented!
So it's best we end things here.
But I still want you to
play the lead in my short.
And that's the problem!
That's the fucking problem!
I wanted to be with you because
because I've never felt like that
with anyone.
And you wanted me to do your short.
Your crappy short!
That's what you wanted me for!
Okay. So, this is
just the pills talking, right?
Mom, can you tell her to get out?
What is it?
- [Irene] I'm leaving.
- [sniffles]
- I'm so sorry.
- Bye.
[poignant music playing]
[exhales heavily]
[music continues]
[videocassette rewinding]
[Pablo] The thing I liked the most
about her was the way she looked at me,
and that someone with her talent
saw that that I was talented too.
And that's what got me hooked.
[Irene sighs]
TO: ROMANO
[music fades out]
[knocking on door]
This is Damián. Open up.
MARCH 15, 2022
What do you want?
Uh, I've been calling you all day,
and you're ignoring me.
I need you to help me find Julio, Irene.
Me?
Irene, they've made a meme out of it.
The whole of Twitter is laughing at him.
I'm not saying he isn't to blame, huh,
but you have to be a moron,
a moron to get messed up like that.
But Jesus Christ, for the Americans
to hear about the whole mess
and cancel his contract, well,
that's not fair, right? I mean, is it?
I don't know what you expect me to do.
He's not in good shape. He's fragile.
You not watching his film
hasn't helped.
Da, no No fucking way.
Ah, but, Irene,
he's been missing for two days.
Has he messaged you? Has he called?
I mean, seriously, I don't I don't care.
I don't want to get involved.
Besides, I'm going to Castellón.
- Has he messaged you?
- [Irene sighs]
[distant siren wailing]
He has messaged you. Okay.
Has he messaged Yeah.
[Da sighs]
Jesus.
"I'm such a fucking fraud."
"The only thing I'm good for
is turning on teens in shitty movies."
"I should never have gotten into this.
Why didn't I listen to you?"
IRENE
WHERE ARE YOU?
What are you doing?
What are you doing, Da?
JULIO
HELP
Oh God,
please don't let him do anything stupid.
Hey, Irene, come on.
Come on. We have to go.
[Irene] No, count me out.
[Da] Of course not. You've never
counted yourself out, Irene.
["Muero De Amor (Svper Remix)"
by La Bien Querida playing]
We should have called
the police or an ambulance.
Calm down
and don't assume the worst.
[woman] Come on! Let's go somewhere else.
And you were really worried.
Sorry, have you seen Julio Mera,
the actor? Yes or no?
[song continues]
Julio?
Somebody call an ambulance, please!
Please!
I don't know what's wrong. I don't know.
[Da] What's going on?
[woman] I don't know
what's wrong with him.
Please, wake up. Julio!
Julio!
Call a fucking ambulance!
Julio, Julio. Julio!
- [Da] Hello?
- Julio, listen to me.
[Da] A friend of mine
has taken an overdose.
Julio! Get them here now!
Julio, say something. You have to answer!
The thing I liked the most about her
was the way she looked at me.
And that someone with her talent
saw that that I was talented too.
And that's what got me hooked.
[song continues]